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This is my son Riley.
You say: What a nice name
You think: Its nicer on a girl

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This is my son Alexander. We call him Alex.
You say: what a handsome name
You think: i really love it

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This is my son Jason.
You say: nice name
You think: its ok

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This is my son Gabriel.
You say: what a nice name
You think: i quite like it

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This is my son William
You say: sweet name
You think: i like it

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This is my daughter Lillian. We call her Lily.
You say: lovely name
You think: i dont like Lillian, i prefer Liliana, love Lily though

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This is my daughter Rose
You say: what a pretty name
You think: such a cute name

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This is my daughter Katherine. We call her Katie.
You say: nice name
You think: i like Katherine

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This is my daughter Violet.
You say: pretty name
You think: i love Violet

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This is my daughter Cordelia.
You say: pretty name
You think: i really dont like Cordelia

This is my son Riley.
You say: Nice to see this on a boy! is it family by any chance?
You think: It is better on boys I guess; on girls it's completely ludicrous

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This is my son Alexander. We call him Alex.
You say: I love that name!
You think: I do! I am glad to see it is still really common

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This is my son Jason.
You say: Hi Jason
You think: -

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This is my son Gabriel.
You say: How handsome! One of my favorites
You think: ^. Also I hope she doesn't mind if I call him Gabe. Because I am def calling him Gabe

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This is my son William
You say: (Same reaction as Alexander, if slightly less enthusiastic)
You think: (^) Also thank god she's not calling him Liam

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This is my daughter Lillian. We call her Lily.
You say: Awww!
You think: Pretty and sweet

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This is my daughter Rose
You say: ^
You think:^

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This is my daughter Katherine. We call her Katie.
You say: That is lovely. I am going to call her Kay though because I know ten blue billion Katies, I hope you don't mind.
You think: WHY WOULD YOU EVER CALL ANYONE KATIE. EVER.

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This is my daughter Violet.
You say: That is a nice name. It is coming back into style.
You think: Overrated and super trendy; Vi is neat though

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This is my daughter Cordelia.
You say: Oh that is my favorite name seriously. I want to name my second daughter Cordelia. You know I just got done reading King Lear and Cordelia was the only nice daughter. The moral of the story is that if you name your kids dreadful names like Regan and Goneril they will be the worst people in the world, but if you use lovely ones like Cordelia they will be the best people in the world. Anyway they will all die in the end anyway. Anyway! (Then I would ask a bunch of questions)
You think: ^

This is my son Riley.
You say: How sweet!
You think: ...but so much better on a girl.

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This is my son Alexander. We call him Alex.
You say: I love the name!
You think: Though I prefer the full name WITHOUT a nickname.

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This is my son Jason.
You say: How classic!
You think: It's a gorgeous name.

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This is my son Gabriel.
You say: How unusual!
You think: PLEASE on't let them use a nickname!

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This is my son William
You say: What a great name!
You think: And so underused now

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This is my daughter Lillian. We call her Lily.
You say: That's nice!
You think: Though why ruin Lillian by calling her Lily?

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This is my daughter Rose
You say: A beautiful name!
You think: Again, so underused.

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This is my daughter Katherine. We call her Katie.
You say: One of my favourite names!
You think: And I love the NN Katie, though I prefer Kate.

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This is my daughter Violet.
You say: Very sweet!
You think: HORRENDOUSLY overused.

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This is my daughter Cordelia.
You say: Oh, wow! How striking!
You think: What a wonderful name!

This is my son Riley.
You say: That's a nice modern name.
You think: Didn't Mary Kate or Ashley Oslen play a Riley once?

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This is my son Alexander. We call him Alex.
You say: I love that name!
You think: I really do.

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This is my son Jason.
You say: That's a nice name.
You think: I just don't like it.

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This is my son Gabriel.
You say: That's a wonderful name!
You think: I really like it.

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This is my son William
You say: That's a great name.
You think: I like this name, too.

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This is my daughter Lillian. We call her Lily.
You say: I love it.
You think: I would, if there weren't so many Lilys now.

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This is my daughter Rose
You say: That's a beautiful name.
You think: It really is.

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This is my daughter Katherine. We call her Katie.
You say: I love her name.
You think: But why call her Katie?

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This is my daughter Violet.
You say: I like it.
You think: It's not bad.

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This is my daughter Cordelia.
You say: That's an interesting name.
You think: Not fond of that at all.

This is my son Riley.
You say: That's cool
You think: ...but so unisex

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This is my son Alexander. We call him Alex.
You say: Alexander is one of my favourite names
You think: Not keen on Alex though

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This is my son Jason.
You say: Hello Jason
You think: So dated!

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This is my son Gabriel.
You say: Hey Gabriel, do you prefer Gabriel or Gabe?
You think: So classic!

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This is my son William
You say: That is a lovely name
You think: Love the nickname Liam

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This is my daughter Lillian. We call her Lily.
You say: Hello Lily, what a pretty name
You think: Lillian still sounds old to me, Lily is lovely but overused

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This is my daughter Rose
You say: Hello Rose, what a lovely name you have
You think: How refreshing to see it used as a first name rather than a filler middle name

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This is my daughter Katherine. We call her Katie.
You say: Katherine is so lovely and classic, and this spelling is lovely
You think: Please use Kate instead, again so classic. Katie seems so twee and whiny, like Rosie

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This is my daughter Violet.
You say: Hey Violet, what a gorgeous name!
You think: Lovely, but becoming so overused

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This is my daughter Cordelia.
You say: That's cute
You think: but still a little dated

This is my son Riley.
You say: Oh, nice! It's very in at the minute.
You think: Ugh. It's too popular and I don't like it.

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This is my son Alexander. We call him Alex.
You say: What a lovely, classic name!
You think: I really think it is, but it's quite popular and I prefer the nn Xander.

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This is my son Jason.
You say: Oh... that's nice.
You think: It's so dated and I really don't like it.

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This is my son Gabriel.
You say: What a great name!
You think: It is, and I really like it with the nn Gabe.

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This is my son William.
You say: That's such a name!
You think: Honestly, it is - especially cute with nn Billy.

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This is my daughter Lillian. We call her Lily.
You say: What a lovely name!
You think: It is, and so is Lily.

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This is my daughter Rose.
You say: Wow! It's not often you see Rose as a first name.
You think: I prefer Rosa, but Rose is nice too.

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This is my daughter Katherine. We call her Katie.
You say: Very nice!
You think: I wish you were using Kitty! Katie is too common.

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This is my daughter Violet.
You say: I love Violet! It's beautiful.
You think: But rising in popularity :(

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This is my daughter Cordelia.
You say: It's so great to hear Cordelia used!
You think: I really do think so, it's so elegant.

This is my son Riley.
You say: Irish name
You think: better for a girl

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This is my son Alexander. We call him Alex.
You say: strong masculine name
You think: it's a name that will work in any generation

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This is my son Jason.
You say: great name!!!
You think: the past season of the Bachelorette, haha

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This is my son Gabriel.
You say: one of my favorite names!
You think: the angel

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This is my son William
You say: wonderful name
You think: the name of my crush, and please don't call him Bill

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This is my daughter Lillian. We call her Lily.
You say: classy name
You think: Lily is much better than Lillian

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This is my daughter Rose
You say: an underused name
You think: Titanic

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This is my daughter Katherine. We call her Katie.
You say: one of my favorite girl names
You think: of one of my best friends

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This is my daughter Violet.
You say: a unique name, not used very often anymore
You think: of one of the main characters in the Boxcar Children book series

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This is my daughter Cordelia.
You say: it's a name that should be brought back!
You think: of Anne of Green Gables and how she always wanted to be named Cordelia